If he's smart he'll go back to the airport tomorrow and hop on a plane to Venezuela.

That would work except to get there he has to either lay off in a country that isn't offering asylum and hope they let him get back on a plane or risk crossing over western airspace where his flight will be met with some very friendly F16s

AverageAmericanGuy:DammitIForgotMyLogin: I'm glad he's managed to find a country whose human rights record is a shining beacon to the rest of the world from which to continue his campaign

I'm not sure dying would help him very much.

And as he's talked about how he has given several people encrypted copies of everything he took when he left and instructions to release it all if anything happens to him, i'm sure that Russia has absolutely no motive to make him disappear.

AverageAmericanGuy:ManateeGag: AverageAmericanGuy: DammitIForgotMyLogin: I'm glad he's managed to find a country whose human rights record is a shining beacon to the rest of the world from which to continue his campaign

I'm not sure dying would help him very much.

as long as he doesn't anger Putin, he'll be OK. Putin may snap at any minute though.

This Putin?[rt.com image 690x388]

Look at how gentle he looks!

that looks like a St. Bernard. He loves it because it brings him booze.

DammitIForgotMyLogin:I'm glad he's managed to find a country whose human rights record is a shining beacon to the rest of the world from which to continue his campaign

Again, it's hard for us to take the moral high road, what with our decade-plus-long history of "extraordinary rendition", illegal prisons, torturing of both domestic and foreign prisoners, and remote-control assassinations. We gave up that moral high road when we decided to act like the folks we claimed we were fighting.

FormlessOne:Again, it's hard for us to take the moral high road, what with our decade-plus-long history of "extraordinary rendition", illegal prisons, torturing of both domestic and foreign prisoners, and remote-control assassinations. We gave up that moral high road when we decided to act like the folks we claimed we were fighting.

Right. So the US can shut up about any abuse anywhere, because we no longer have the right to criticize or stop abuses.

Rest of the world; do whatever the fark you want to whomever you want! FormlessOne says we're not allowed to say anything about it any more.

FormlessOne:DammitIForgotMyLogin: I'm glad he's managed to find a country whose human rights record is a shining beacon to the rest of the world from which to continue his campaign

Again, it's hard for us to take the moral high road, what with our decade-plus-long history of "extraordinary rendition", illegal prisons, torturing of both domestic and foreign prisoners, and remote-control assassinations. We gave up that moral high road when we decided to act like the folks we claimed we were fighting.

tical:graeth: Still don't see why people care so much.How stupid do you have to be to believe that someone somewhere isn't monitoring or at least recording some kind of information on you.

That justifies its legality? Lets those who break the law, not criminals?

/keep hand waiving//get out of my country

It's not surprising to know that the U.S. was spying on other nations.It's not surprising that the U.S. was spying on suspected terrorist cells, known sympathizers in both the U.S. and in other nationsIt's not surprising to know that other nations have been spying on the U.S.It is expected to know that the U.S. government makes it their duty to spy on suspected enemies and known enemies.

What does it mean when the U.S. government is openly spying on it's own citizens? That the U.S. government thinks of it's own citizens as potential enemies is the answer that I have a hard time avoiding.

Satanic_Hamster:FormlessOne: Again, it's hard for us to take the moral high road, what with our decade-plus-long history of "extraordinary rendition", illegal prisons, torturing of both domestic and foreign prisoners, and remote-control assassinations. We gave up that moral high road when we decided to act like the folks we claimed we were fighting.

Right. So the US can shut up about any abuse anywhere, because we no longer have the right to criticize or stop abuses.

Rest of the world; do whatever the fark you want to whomever you want! FormlessOne says we're not allowed to say anything about it any more.

Say what you want but don't be surprised when the rest of the world calls you hypocrites.

what if he isn't real? what if its like that south park episode where the govt wants people to believe its involved in that thing that happened in NY in sept.? what if this is the govt telling the world that they see it all, and have teamed up w Russia? WHAT IF?!?!?

Satanic_Hamster:FormlessOne: Again, it's hard for us to take the moral high road, what with our decade-plus-long history of "extraordinary rendition", illegal prisons, torturing of both domestic and foreign prisoners, and remote-control assassinations. We gave up that moral high road when we decided to act like the folks we claimed we were fighting.

Right. So the US can shut up about any abuse anywhere, because we no longer have the right to criticize or stop abuses.

Rest of the world; do whatever the fark you want to whomever you want! FormlessOne says we're not allowed to say anything about it any more.

I must be reading a different post by Formless One. No one's saying you can't speak out against abuses or violations of human rights, all he's saying is that you should get off your U.S.A! U.S.A! high horse before doing it since no one's hands are completely clean in this arena.

Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye. - Matthew 7:5